CONGRATS to winner of the 3rd $100 gift card to Lowe's!......#46 - Embily! who said:i love it! i think it's just perfect that you chose a few different colors to paint her room! -Emily F

Thanks Emily. I'm happy I went with multiple colors too. It adds so much..."fun" to the room.Okay, enough chatting. Time for pictures.

But first, let's remember how dull and boring Lucy's room used to be.

The BEFORE:

and.......

The AFTER!

Using these Valspar paints colors from the Valspar color tool, we transformed a boring white room into something colorful, fun, and still girly:

I also chose accent colors for her furniture and other decor:LUCY's NEW Room!

Come on in and I'll give you a tour.....Here's what we used:* ICY BLUE on the left side of the room* TOP BANANA on the right side wall* Accented the back wall with vertical stripes of CITY STORM and ULTRA WHITE. The white paint is a flat finish and the gray is semi-gloss so that the stripes pop out a little more when you're in the room.Of course a beautiful touch to any room is nice wood molding. We added crown molding to the entire ceiling and framed the window with additional trim. All the moldings and doors were painted with ULTRA WHITE, semi-gloss.Crown molding and other framing are not hard to do. You do need some tools and a simple "how-to" book or tutorial. But with a coat of ULTRA WHITE on there, it adds such class and pop to the painted walls. I absolutely love it and will continue adding it to more rooms in our house.My favorite improvement to the room is Lucy's kitchen/dining area and the "outdoor" market. I repainted her old furniture with Valspar paints as well! I used ULTRA WHITE for most of the pieces and accented them with SCARLET SUN and RAPIDS:We added a vintage mirror to the wall next to her door, with a shelf and cups for dressing up in colorful beads.And guess what? I used my Valspar paints to create artwork too! I painted SCARLET SUN on a large canvas and used ULTRA WHITE to paint large dandelions over the top.It's been a busy month. But I love the results.

Thank you for helping me go from......

To:

Lucy now has the best bedroom in the house. Lucky girl.

BUT WAIT....the fun isn't over yet! Now it's your turn to be lucky!

For the past month we've been giving away $100 giftcards to Lowe's Home Improvement store so that you can buy Valspar paints too. And today we have a grand prize to give away.Are you ready??....

Leave me a comment, telling me what you think about our paint make-over and Lucy's new room. And ONE person will win a $500 giftcard to Lowe's!

Holy Moly.That's huge. Think of all the paint and supplies you can buy with that!Winner will be chosen at random (via random.org) and results will be posted next week.Good luck!

Giveaway Rules:* Leave a comment. That's it! Let me know what you think of my color selection.* Leave you EMAIL ADDRESS in your comment.* Only ONE entry per person.* If you forget something and need to leave a second comment, go back and DELETE your first comment.* only open to US RESIDENTS, 18 years or older.* Winner will be picked via random.org and emailed with additional info.* Giveaway will run for one week and ends TUESDAY 7/6/10 at 11pm (Central Time).

And just wait.....I have a many posts to share about decorating Lucy's room. But that will come later this month!

1,723 comments:

The paint makeover is fantastic! I think my favorite part (can I even choose?) is the dandelion wall art. I've been thinking of doing something similar in my home - thank you for the extra inspiration!

I LOVE the stripes! I know they're a labor of love too because all of that taping...sheesh. I'm not the best with straight lines. =) Now would you mind hopping over and doing my whole house because it kind of looks like a bachelor pad... when I've been with my boyfriend for 9 years! UGH!

I love the stripes! I really would not have had the guts to go with grey, but they compliment the bright colors so well! I love how the stripes are echoed in the stripes on the awning! Fabulous! Are you doing another room?? Great ideas!

My favorite is the stripes. What a great idea. Seeing it all together is what does it. If you would tell me that you were using all these colors before I would be like your hubby and question but after it is what makes the room. Fabulous Job!

so, so, so fun! she must just love it . . . and i'm guessing you might even enjoy a little quiet time as she plays nicely in her fun new room! great job! {and congrats on being done, that's always wonderful!}blessings,shanakirbyandshana {at} gmail {dot} com

i am totally inspired by all the color choices and how they came together in the end. my favorite paint is the grey wall and i love the market awning! i'll have to rething my girl's room now since that is our summer project!

Love that you put molding up in her room- I am a firm believer that a house is not finished unless it has ALL the trim! It just looks so much more 'pulled together' I also love the idea to paint the striped in different finishes to make them pop more! Beautiful room! Perfect for kiddos!!

So beautiful and FUN!! Gives me such inspiration to finish my kids rooms...Dinosaurs for my boy's and girlie pink/yellow for my girls'. All three are so excited but remind me daily that he is a BOY and they are the GIRLS (they don't want any confusion over who gets the ruffles and who gets the dinosaurs!).

INSPIRATIONAL!!! Love the stripes, I've been wanting to paint my bathroom in a deep gray but thought it would be too much.... after seeing Lucy's stripes, I think that would look perfect. Awesome job mama!!

LOVE this make-over! So many great ideas, from the stripes, to using the same color palette on the furniture and wall art. I have been toying around with moving my 3-year-old from his nursery into a "big boy" room. Lots of inspiration here!

The room is FANTASTIC!!! I love the colors, they look perfect!!! My favorite part is your attention to detail, painting her accessories with the paint colors was awesome, and i love the painting!!! Lucy is one lucky girl!

I absolutely love it! I have been on my husband to paint our kids' rooms and make them FUN for about a year and a half! You are so inspiring! I love the little table and chairs and the way everything just pops, without being overwhelming.

Wow! I love the colors and it is a very very fun room. I cringed when I saw the taped off stripes I have done that in a few rooms and know what an effort is, but WOrth it.. everytime. Lucy is so lucky!!

LOVE the "outdoor market". especially the canopy [i'm realizing now you made it!] & the window!!! i have 2 old windows [glass out] that i'm waiting to use ... what a CUTE CUTE idea to use it like that in a play room! fun fun fun! p.s. this summer/fall we'll either be painting the exterior OR finishing the basement [or if i'm really lucky - BOTH]. $500 in valspar paints would be a lil' dream come true. :) thanks for the chance!

Absolutely fantastic! And I love how you included the furniture with just a touch of color here and there - she must be one happy (and certainly lucky!) little girl! Thanks for the encouragement to get going on my own makeover projects :)

Oh, and if I could get my husband on board, I would love a striped wall here or there - great idea!

i love that color combo. i can see why your hubbie was a bit nervous, but you really pulled it all together. it's a great room that is not all puffy and pink but very feminine at the same time.i'd love to win this...esp. since there are a few pressing projexcts at home that my dad can help fix while he is staying with us during my hubbie's PT rehab from MX

I love it! I have been waiting to see the finished product!! I really love the kitchen and outdoor market. I have been thinking about a dress-up area for my 4 year old, I love the idea of the vintage mirror00 I will have to keep my eyes out for something!

Your lines are so crips and smooth, could you please share what type of painters tape you used?????

Lucy's new room is absolultey amazing! I absolutely love the use of fun colors and the fun use of the not-so-fun color. I never thought all those colors could be pulled together, but you did it and it is AWESOME!

You've definitely given me inspiration for the play room we're about to do for the boys (converting our garage as soon as the husband finishes moving everything into the shed he just finished building).

As far as Valspar paint goes, I have never seen anything that covers better and goes on smoother. We can't ever get it to go through a sprayer, but it goes on beautifully with a brush or roller. We call it "pudding-paint" in my house. It is most definitely what we'll use in the boys new playroom regardless of whether or not I win the g.c.!

I absolutely love this room! Since we're having baby #2 and both kids will need to share a room til we get a bigger place, I've been looking for ideas on gender neutral, but not "themed". This is such a great combination of colors.

If I had $500 at Lowes, I could ACTUALLY do something to the room before baby comes!

I bet she LOVES her new room! My favorite parts: The vintage mirror/ vanity area for Lucy and the framed pictures of Texas and California! What a great way to teach Lucy about the places she has lived. I might just do that with Calebs room. Being in the army, we will have a good little collection of framed states for him, lol.GREAT job with the room...looks incredible :-)

Such a fun and happy room! What does Lucy think? And I am in one thousand percent agreement with you on ultra white for trim. We are remodeling our house and have gone through a dozen gallons of ultra white.

I had suggested the icy blue and that is because my bedroom is that color but it was called peppermint tea,I wish I had thought to do something like this to mine!! My blue is nice but this is super. You really went above and beyond! Good for you!!!500!!!! I have my fingers crossed,I sure do! Thanks and have a nice fourth of July!

I love it! I love how the room is girly but not to girly at the same time. So if you were to move and had to sell the house it wouldn't be pepto bismol pink like so many girl's rooms are. Does Lucy love it? I bet she does!

It looks absolutely amazing! I think my favorite part is the kitchen area all accented up with color, I especially love the fake window detail, so much fun! you did a great job, your girl is very lucky.

I love the stripes A LOT!! I would never think of that..and I love the color choices. The colors are bright but not, too, bright that you wouldn't want to sleep there. I really could use the Lowe's card to buy paint for the outside of our house. Its embrassingly bad!!

BEAUTIFUL! I love so much about this room. Love the awning, the mirror, the bench storage under the window and the bold color choices. I am really inspired by your handpainted artwork. Makes it seem possible. My sis would just love that painting, might have to give it a try. Thanks for sharing all your hard work.

I absolutely LOVE it! You have such great vision! The gift card to lowes would completely help our way to a porch! Painted a fun color to match our navy (Victorian) house with white trim...ooh the possibilities!kwoods13@gmail.comPLEASE PICK ME RANDOM.ORG

I can't believe you did all this! My little girl will be one next month and we just moved into our first home in December and I'm ready to start working on her new play room. This gift card would do wonders! It's so great that you can offer this! The room is AMAZING!-Brittanynbwiggins@hotmail.com

I love the colors and great ideas! I will definitely have to "spruce up" my daughters kitchen and adding the market, such a cute idea! I love that you put a mirror up for her at her height. What a lucky girl.

I love the new room! My daughter's room has a stripped wall too,( http://littlewhiteschoolhouse.blogspot.com/2008/05/new-camera.html ) unfortunately she has decided she no longer likes pink and wants me to paint over my masterpiece :( I love you color choices, and that it's not too girly, but still super cute- I also love the window over the cafe table.

AMAZING!!! So bright and cheerful! We have converted our carport into a playroom and have yet to decorate it. Seeing this room with such wonderful paint colors motivates me to get started decorating! Thanks for the post :)

What a huge transformation, and what fun for a little girl. She is sure to build lasting memories and feel she's living an enchanted life in her own little space. Love all your color and design choices.

I would never have thought of putting soo many different colors of paint on the walls in one room, but i absolutely love it!!! Great job! I love all the accents around the room tying in all the colors!!

I think you picked some fun colors to go together. They look great. I love the low hanging mirror and shelf. We could have some fun too painting our son's room with a gift card to Lowe's. Thanks. stephspitzer at gmail dot com

I absolutely love it! Totally not what I would ever think to choose, but when it's all together, it looks fab. I'm really into color right now so I love the variety. Such a fun room!!! thanks for sharing!!